IMPEACH Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

impeach

verb

im-ˈpēch

Definition of impeach

as in to accuse

to make a claim of wrongdoing against the company's president has been impeached by the Securities and Exchange Commission

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as in to challenge

to demand proof of the truth or rightness of questionable methodology that should cause us to impeach the findings of this survey on obesity

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Recent Examples of impeach Trump had stumped for Fry in his first House campaign in 2022, when the state lawmaker ousted a five-term GOP congressman who had voted to impeach Trump a year earlier. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 When the National Review advocates impeaching a Republican president and favorably quotes Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff, that’s news. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 Trump had argued that if a President wasn’t successfully impeached while in office there could be no criminal prosecution of him for anything. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Williams served in the student senate but was unanimously impeached by his fellow senators in February 2023. — Michael Biesecker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for impeach

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In May 2020, Loughlin and Mossimo pleaded guilty to wire and mail fraud after they were accused of paying $500,000 for their daughters’ admission into the University of Southern California.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Joe accuses Nathan of being insecure; Nathan throws the accusation back.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of accuse

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Still, the emotionally stunted John claims not to harbor ill feelings toward Hal, though this is most certainly challenged by the end of the episode.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
Porter has staked his claim as the starter opposite Stokes, though rookies McCoy and Masses should continue to challenge him for that role throughout the season.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of challenge

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Yorgen Fenech, a prominent Maltese businessman, was indicted in 2021 on charges of complicity and criminal conspiracy.

— Kevin Schembri Orland, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Castro turned 95 in June, just days after he was indicted in Miami for the deaths of four men during the 1996 shootdown of a plane of the Cuban exile organization Brothers to the Rescue.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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Critics also questioned whether UCLA’s athletic department had adapted quickly enough to the NIL era.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
At Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas, Muslim students had used a spare classroom to pray without incident from 2009 to 2017, when Paxton’s office sent the district a letter questioning whether other students were being excluded.

— Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of question

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The administration has pressured states to run their voter rolls through an error-prone database to find noncitizen voters and even threatened to prosecute election officials for knowingly allowing noncitizens to cast ballots.

— Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Fenech was the last of a half-dozen people charged in the plot to be prosecuted.

— Kevin Schembri Orland, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of prosecute

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Amazon did not dispute key claims about the mechanics of its ad auctions, but said its system did not harm consumers or advertisers.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
In his dueling closing argument, Sanft disputed that characterization, saying Davis had fabricated the account and that his retellings over the years often conflicted with one another and, at times, with the evidence.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

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